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singapore garden festival 2008

Concrete frames - Singapore Garden Festival 2008

singapore

awards: silver award

size: 100m2

photography: andy sturgeon

 

It’s unusual for a garden show to be inside but the extreme heat and humidity of Singapore means that an air-conditioned exhibition hall is the only place that visitors will go.  Holes obviously can’t be dug into the concrete floor so you have to build up.  I created these three huge overlapping frames to make a dramatic sculptural statement.  The idea was that as you move around the exhibit, which is open on three sides, the views are constantly changing as elements are concealed and revealed.   The larger frame acts as a shade pavilion with seating inside and appears to hover above a dark swirling water pool.  The backdrop is a glowing sculptural glass wall.  Having studied tropical plants at college I was hoping to use some of my favourite plants but the organisers were keen that I gave the planting a more English twist which was quite difficult in this climate.

Yellow cube seating - Singapore Garden Festival 2008
Looking above the concrete frames to the exhibition hall roof
Yellow cube seating within a concrete frame sheltered area
Planted border next to a stepped path - Singapore Garden Festival 2008
View of two seating areas within Singapore Garden Festival 2008 garden
Trees contrasting with the concrete frames - Singapore Garden Festival 2008
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